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LT Tracy Wirth USCG Office of Incident Management and Preparedness. Use of Volunteers During Oil Spill Response. 40 CFR 300.5: Volunteer-any individual accepted to perform services by the lead agency which has authority to accept volunteer services. What is a Volunteer?.

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History of Volunteer Use in Oil Spill Response

40 CFR 300.185

(a) Industry groups, academic organizations, and others are

encouraged to commit resources for response operations.

(c) ACPs shall establish procedures to allow for well organized, worthwhile, and safe use of volunteers….” ACPs should provide for the direction of volunteers by the OSC/RPM or by other federal, state, or local officials knowledgeable in contingency operations and capable of providing leadership. ACPs also should identify specific areas in which volunteers can be used…. Unless specifically requested by the OSC/RPM, volunteers should not be used for physical removal….volunteers shall be restricted from on-scene operations”